Leader holder



May 15, 1951 A. G. LAMPE LEADER HOLDER Filed Deo. l2, 1949 Fig. 2.

Albert 6. Lampe INVENTOR.

BY @Auw WWW,

Patented May 15, l 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.I

LEADER HOLDER Albert G. Lampe, Madison, Wis., assignor of forty-nine per cent to Gordon Engineering, Inc., Madison, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application December 12, 1949, Serial No. 132,537

2 v 23, as will be readily apparent from Figure. A coil spring 30 is Wound about the socket member 26 and interposed between the head thereof and the base of the body portion I4, the spring An important object of this invention is to 5 being so tensioned as to normally urge the cups provide a leader holder which is relatively simple together or into a closed position. Thus, it will in design and construction, cheap to manufacture be seen that the distance between the assembled in large quantities, easy to assemble for use, light cups may be adjustably varied and resiliently in Weight, and very efficient for its intended purretained in this adjusted position by merely DOSS- turning the headed screw 28.

A further object of this invention is to provide Embracing the body portions I2 and I4 when a device of the character described which is also they are in an assembled position is a sleeve 32 adapted to securely and removably retain swivels, which is positioned between the cup anges I6 hooks, and similar objects in addition to leaders. and I8. A plurality of resilient holding mem- A further object of this invention is to provide bers 34 are retained on the sleeve 32 between a leader holder comprising a pair of cups each the anges I6 and I8, each of the holding memhaving a cylindrical body portion and a flange, bers being a rubber ring having an enlarged means for resiliently retaining the body portions annular portion 36 at one end, a ange 38 at its together, a sleeve embracing said assembled body other end and a reduced shank portion 40 be- DOYOBS and I'eCel/ed between Sad flanges, Tetween these ends. The rings are so positioned silient holding rings, and meaus OI Securely on the. holder that the flanges 38 abut the sleeve retaining Said rings 0n Sai@ Sleevei 32 and the enlarged portions 36 of the rings press These, together with various ancillary obJects against or abut each other as ai, i2y to provide and features of the invention which will later 25 a plurality of annuiar Spaces 44 for resilieni-,iy become apparene as the following dese/Umm andV removably retaining the leaders and other preeeeee are attemed by the deVlee e preferred iishing tackle of relatively short length. The embedlment ef Whlee has been luueereeed' by inturned annular lips 20 and 22 on the flanges Way of exemple only m the aeeempenymg drew' I6 and I8 of the cups serve to press against the mes. Wjnerein: enlarged portions 36 of the outermost rubber .Figuie l 1s an end elevational view of the de- 30 rings 34 that is the rings adjacent the flanges V1(igure Zisa side elevational view of the device- I6 and I8 to hold the rings in an assembled Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially psllonl ttfle holde as?. Wm ge readlly underon the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure 1; s (E le i cr los alsgslbld in a manner Culgns llup VleW m perspectwe of the which will be readily obvious to those skilled in Figure 5 is a perspective view of the sleeve the art' The annular Spaces 44 bei-Ween the re' with one of the resilient holding rings mounted slhent or rubber rmgs 34 Serve P0 Securely arid thereon. removably hold leaders, gut, plastic, wire, or simi- Speclc reference will now be made to the 4o lar short lengths. of tackle. The annular spaces drawings. In the several views, in the accom- 44 can else retam Somewhat, larger eqmpment panylng drawings and ln the following Specl such as swivels and hooksswhichwill cause adiacation, similar reference characters indicate cor- Cent rmge te Seperate Whleh actlon Wm' m turn responding elements throughout compress the .spring 38 on the socket member 26 The holder of the instant invention is indi- 45 te take up thle expe'nelen The Sleeve 32 serYeS cated generally at lll and includes a pall. of to. prevent the central rubber rings from falling cup members having substantially cylindrical Wlthm the Space between the bases of the body body portions l2 and lll and enlarged flanges portions l2 and I4 of the cups. It is understood is and la respectively the free edges of the that the entire holder may be fabricated of suitflanges including annular inturned lips 2B and 50 able light-Weight metlls Such as aluminum, and 22 fol. s purpose to be described hereinafter' of light-weight plastics. While it is preferred The bases of the body portions |g and i4 are that the resilient rings 34, 36, 38, 40 be made in provided with cent1-a1 apertures 24 through sections so that the capacity of the holder may which extend a headed socket member 2e which be varied, using a correspondingly larger sleeve is internally threaded to receive a headed screw 32, it is to be understood that the resilient rings 3 34, 36, 38, 40 may be molded as an integral unitary part.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed'unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what claimed as new is:

1. A leader holder comprising a pair of cups each having a cylindrical body portion and a flange, means for resiliently retaining the body portions together, a sleeve embracing said assembled -body portions and received between said .anges, resilient holding rings encompassing said sleeve, and means for securely retaining said rings on said sleeve.

2. The combination of claim l wherein said rings are made of rubber each including an enlarged peripheral portion, a flange abutting said sleeve, and a reduced shank portion interconnecting said enlarged portion and said ange, the enlarged portions of said rings abutting each other and cooperating with said shanks and anges to form annular spaces for removably receiving leaders and similar fishing tackle.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said means for retainingsaid rings on said sleeve includes inturnedflips at the free edges of said cup anges engaging the enlarged portions of the outermost rings adjacent said cup iianges.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said means for resiliently retaining the body portions together includes a spring-urged screw extending through the body portions of said cups.

ALBERT G. LAMPE.

No references cited. 

